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Midwife's colleague charged after baby boy dies following home birth

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Midwife's colleague charged after baby boy dies following home birth
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A midwife's colleague has been charged with manslaughter after a baby boy died following a home birth in Newcastle in 2024.A privately practising midwife was helping a woman give birth at a home in Wallsend on October 2, 2024. Police allege she did not respond to signs of complications and requests by the woman to go to the hospital.READ MORE: Wild winds and temperatures nudging 40 degrees across three statesThe mother eventually visited John Hunter Hospital, two days later, and the baby

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